Corn-carrying attachment for corn picking and husking machines



April 13,1926. 1580,456

. B. J. SYNSTELIEN conn cuuuzlme ATTAcBm-:m Fon. conn ING .numismaaymams med sept. s, 1925 :s suina-sheet 1 April 13,1926.

B.. J.' SYNSTELIEN CORN CARRYING ATTACHMENT FOR CORN PICKING AND HUSKINGMACHINES Filed Sept.4 3, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Mam/awww April 13,1926.1,580,456

B. .1. sYNsTELlEN CORN CARRYING ATTACHMENT FOR CORN PICKING AND HUSKIINGMACHINES Filed Sept.- 3, 19.25 @Sheets-Sheet '5 Patented Apr. is, 192e.y

UNITED STATES' PATE NT oFFi CE. Y

BEaNHAnn'J. sYNs'rELiEN, or FONDA, zown.

conn-CARRYING ATTACHMENT Fort conNvPrcxrNe ANDHUSKING MACHINES.

Application-inea septembe s, 1925.v semi no. 54,244. v

To all whom t may concern:

. Bev itknown that VLvBnnNi'iAnn J.vlSri-r sTELiEN, a citizen of theUnited States, :re-

i siding at Fonda, inthe ,county of Pocahontas and Stateof Iowa, haveinvented certain Ynew and vuseful Improvements in Corn- CarryingAttachments for Corn Pickingand Husking Machines; and I do'jhereby`declare the following to be a full, clear, `and exactv descriptionkoitthe inventionfsuch as will enable others skilledin the vart towhichtrate the invention, like characters indicate r like parts throughout.the several views.

. Referring to the drawings: d I Fig. 1 is a fragmentary plan view' ofthe main frame andru'nning gear of a cornpicking and husking machine,vand also illustrating invsection a portion of the supplemental frame ofthe attachment; f f

Fig. 2 yis aperspective view of he attachnient and a portion of theJmain frame withV the carrier in av dumping position;

Fig. 3 is-an elevationof the gate end-of the carrier;

Fig. 4 is a Yview'of the attachment partiy in side elevation and .partlyin verticaly section; and j Fig. 5 isaV side elevation of the carriershowing. a modified form of. guide' flange. l 'lheiiuineral 6 jindicatesthe mainl frame of a corn-picking and husking machine supported on anaxle 7 on which is journaled a pair of wheels 8 having hub caps 9.Atpngue 10 is rigidly v secured to the main frame $3 and may be attachedto a tractor `orother Y motive power Jfor drawing the'corn-picking andliusking machine.

. The` attachment includes VSupplemental frame comprising pairszofinnerl andil outer angleupriglits 11 and 12, respectivel rigidly securedVto the mainjl frame 6.xat te right side thereof, The Vont-er. uprights,12 jare lcross-tie variglevbar k23 rigidly ."rigidlyconnected .at theirupper ends by .a

top bar 13, andwhich uprights are heldin vertical positions by means ofa pair of inf clined brace rods 14, the lower ends of which are'ranchored tothe left side of the main frame 6,v and theirV upper ends areadjust.

ably anchored to the top bar 13. A pair of track rails 15 thateXten'dtrans# versely of said machine have their outer ends Y pivoted at 16V tothe intermediate portions of' the-uprights12, and their inner ends areseY cured to the inner uprights 11 by nut-equipped l bolts 17 adapted tobe inserted: through yany horizontally aligned'pair of holes 18 in ysaiduprights.H Brace rods -19 have one ofy their endspivoted tothe uprights12, belowA the trackrailsl, and their other ends are secured to thetrack rails 15 by nut-equipped bolts 20 adapted to be inserted throughany horizontally aligned pair of holes21 in said track rails. The trackrails 15 are in the form of angle bars,the horizontal angesof which areturned toward each other andthe vertical flanges of which are turnedupward.

A cross-tie angle bar22 rigidly connects the outer end of the trackrails 15, and an inner connectsv the inner ends thereof and affords astoprfor ya purpose which will presently appear.

'A traveling tiltable box-like dumping'car-V 'rier 24 is mounted on thesupplemental frame and has secured yto its under side a pair of rackbars 25 which extend lparallel to the'track rails 15. These rack bars 257 arev supported on and mesh with pinion's 26 secured vto a shaft 27journaled in bearings on the outer ends of the track rails 15.` Ay 'ipair or'. rollers 28 are journaled 'in .bearings l securedto theunderside of the carrier 24-at l the innerA end thereof and are arrangedto run on the horizontal fianges of the ltrack rails 15.l vThe verticalflanges of the VtrackV rails lafford stops forthe rack bars 25androllers 28 and thereby prevent lateral move-v ment of thedumpingcai'rier 24 and hold the same for straight ,linetravelingmovement transversely ofthe mainframe 6.' t

v A pair of cam-acting guide ianges29 are secured to thesides ofthe'dumping carrier 24 and work between vertically s'pacedroller 5fguide studs 30 Von the uprights 12. l The guide Vstuds are madeverticallyY ad'- ju'stable Yby having their journals removably Vmounted.in diere'nt vertically spaced holes in the uprights 21. The frontend ofthe carrier 24 is closed by a swinging gat-e 3l the upper edge of whichis hinged at to a transverse bar 33 secured to the sides of said carrierand extending thereabove. A springprojected latch 34 on the swinginggate 31 is arranged toengage a lock detent secured to the carrier 24. Acable 3.6 is at.- tached to the latch bolt 34 and to the top cross-tiebar 13 for releasing said latch bolt when the carrier 24 is moved into adumping position. A tumbling rod 37 is connected to the trontend ot' theshaft 27 by a universal joint 33. Y Y

As shown, the track rails 15 are secured in an inclined position andnormally the rollers 23 rest on said track rail and engage the rearcross-tie bar 2 3 as a stop and hold the carrier 24 in a tilted loadingposit-ion, and which position is lsuch that thel corn discharged fromthe elevator oi the cornpickin-g and husking machine will fall into saidcarrier. Journalled on the shaft 2'( adjacent to the pinions 26 arerollers 26', on which flanges of the bars 25 are arranged to ride andtilt, as best shown in Fig. 3. By operating'the tumbling rod 37 from adriven part of the machine or in any other suitable manner, the pinions26 actingl on the rack bars 25 ywill move the carrier 24 upward andoutward on the track rails 15 and on the rolle-rs 26 until the samebecomes overbalanced, and atwhich time, said carrier will rock on therollers 26, lift the rollers 28 from the track rails 15 and tilt into adumping position'which, as shown, is reversely inclined from its loadingposition. Duringthe til-ting movement of the carrier 24 into a.

dumping position, the movements thereof are controlled by the guideflanges 29 and co-operating studs 30. At the completion of: the dumpingmovement of the carrier 24, the Slack in thel cable 36 will be taken upto roleasev the latch bolt 3IYVA and thereby permit the door 31 to swingopen as the load in the Acarrier 24 is discharged. After the load isdumped from lthe carrier v24, said 'carrier is returned to loadingposition by reversely operating the tumbling rod 37. The initial returnmovement oli` the carrier 24 will bring the rear curved end portions oi`the guide fianges 29 into contact with the upper stnds 30 which will camthe inner end of the carrier 24 downward and thereby reverse-ly tilt thesame so that its rollers 28 will again ref engage the track rails 15 andtravel therealong until stopped by the rear cross-tie bar 23. During thereturn movement ot' the carrier to loadingV position, the gate 31 willswing closedv and thereby cause the lock bolt 34 to automaticallyinterlock withthe detent lVhen the track rails 15 are set, as shown inFigs. 3 and 4, the final movement of the carrier 24 into a .dumping or.loading position will be under the action 01"' gravity.

By vertically adjusting the track rails 15 on the inner uprights 11, theinclinationV o' said track rails may be varied, at will, either above orbelow a horizontal position of aid track rails. ln case the track rails15 are adjusted so that they incline above a horizontal position, thecarrier 24 will move in an inclined position without having tiltingaction. In this arrangement of the track rails 15 suitable lat-chingmechanism would have to be provided for holding the carrier 24 in aloading position. j

Reterringnow to the modificatio shown in Fig. 5, the guide ianges 39 areadjustably secured to the carrier 40- for vertical and horizontalmovements by means ot bolts secured in said flanges and adapted to beYinserted through any horizontally aligned pairs of vertically andhorizontally spaced holes in theisides 'of said carrier.

By raising and lowering the guide tianges 39 on the carrier 4.0 andraising the respective studs on the uprights 12, the'inclination ot'said carrier when in dumping position, may be varied, at will; or byadjusting said iianges inward or outward the carrier will be caused todump sooner or later.

lVhat I claim is:

l. The combination with a frame, of a` traveling carrier mounted formOvement to and from reversely inclined positions, a pair of obliquerails on which said carrier travels when in one of its inclinedpositions, guides on the carrier, abutments on the trame with which saidguides ymove to support the carrier when in its other inclined positionland guide the same from one inclined position to the other, andpropelling means for the carrier.

' 2. The vcombination with a frame, o'l a driven shaft journaled on theiframe and having a pair of toothed wheels, a carrier having racksmeshing with the wheels and supporting said carrier for movements to andfrom reversely inclined positions, a pair of oblique track rails, a pairof rollers on the carrier adapted to run on said rails during themovement of the carrier in one of its inclined positions, a pair ofgnide flanges on the carrier, and a pair oit rollers on the frame onwhich the guide flanges move during the movement of the carrier in itsother inclined positiony and for guiding the carrier from one of itsinclined positions to the other. Y

3. 'The structure defined in claim 2 in which the carrier isgravity-tilted 'from the track rails andtilted by the guide flanges ontosaid rails. i 4. An attachment of the kind described comprising asupplemental frame having a pair of track rails, driven toothed wheelsjournaled on said rails, a traveling tiltable dumping carrier havingracks meshing with said wheels and supporting said carrier,

5. The structure dened 1n claim 4 which the 'guide anges and studs arever'- tcally adjustable 0n said frame.

6. The structllrrkek dened in claim 4 inA justable on said carrier. Y

7 The structure defined n yclaim 4 'in which the guide anges are endwseadjustable on said carrier.

n BERNHARD J. SYNSTELIEN.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature.

lwhich the guide flanges are verticallyy ad-

